Power transmission mechanism



Jan. 18, 1938.

F. A. FRITZSCH POWER TRANSMISSION MECHANISM Original Filed July 17, 1935 2 Sheets-She et 1 Jan. '18 1938. F. A. FRITZSCH 2,105,914

POWER TRANSMISSION MECHANISM Original FiledJuly 17, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 at P15? IGH SPEED Patented Jail. 1s,'19ss 2,105,914

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,105,914 Y rowan TRANSMISSION MECHANISM Frank A. Fritzsch, Cincinnati, Ohio Original application July 17, 1935, Serial No. 31,-

855. Divided and this application My 7, 1936, Serial No. 78,438

Claims. (Cl. l4-389) This application is a division of my copending with portions of a lathe shown and described in application for United States patent on improvemy aforesaid copending application. This is an ment in lathes, Serial No, 31,855, filed July 17, exemplification of one of the uses to which my 1935, and my invention is an improvement on the invention may be applied. My invention is ap- 5 invention shown, described. and claimed in Letplicable in other relations, in other machines, and 5 ters Patent of the United States No. 2,029,094, for other purposes. It is applicable primarily, granted January 28, 1936, on the application of however, in various kinds of cutting machinery, Charles B. DeVlieg and Nels S. Lundberg, for patsuch as metal working machinery for cutting ent on improvement in power transmission mechmetal and similar or substitute materials, in

m. which there is a rotary and lengthwise movement 10 In the device of the patent referred to, the between the work and the tool, and is particularly clutch is in practice immediately and automatapplicable in such machinery in which the operically reengaged upon cessation of rotation of the ations are performed in cycles. My invention relatively high speed train, so that no definite provides definite means whereby the operations termination of a cycle of operations can be asbetween the work and the tool are caused to 15 sured, nor can the clutch be held in disengaged definitely cease at the end of each cycle, and to relation after stoppage of a cycle of operations be definitely stopped until the beginning of the until the beginning of the next cycle of operations. next cycle.

I t e O j ct O y invention D T G ew I have exemplified the sources of power in my and improved power transmission mechanism improved mechanism as electric motors, one or 2 wherein a plurality of transmitting means of difb th of which may be reversible, transmitting referent speeds are arranged for operative connecspecflvely relatively lower speed and a relation with a transmitting member in such manner tively higher Speed, d power interrupting means that one of said transmitting means influences in the train for the lower speed transmission another of said transmitting means to disconnect which are acted on by n element in the train for 26 its transmitting connection and is so formed as higher speed transmission, the latter being so to maintain said other of said transmitting means acted on as to remain in power t r ti r l in such disconnected relation at the cessation of tion upon cessation of operation of th l t ic,

operation of said one of said transmitting means; motor for higher speed transmission, whereby t further, to provide means whereby to reconnect maintain interruption in the power connection 30 W 9 9 ,opposite opera of the train for lower speed transmission uponnon of Sam s-ald transmlttmg means; p such cessation, and to maintain such interruption furtherto provlde means for manually operatmg until reversal of said electric motor for trans,-

a portion of said one of said transmitting means relatively higher Speed for mtmua'l I prefer that .the electric motor for relatively 35 My inventionconsists in providing novel means higher speed trans lssion 1 an I reverslbla for accomplishing such objects.

Such maintenance of interruption in the power My invention consists, further, in providing a connection of the train g lower Spe trans driven member and a plurality of driving means therefor, one of which is preponderant upon the mlsslon upon cessation of openmon of the elec 40 40 driven member and is arranged to react upon tric motor for higher speed'transmissionin 1zt'iane the other of said driving means, and in provid direction especiaily qf 2 w g ing a holding means for said preponderant drivof 3 of a 1 f re1a ing means to maintain such reacted relation of the contlfmous e is am 0 other of said driving means upon cessation of tlvely mgher Speed nsmisso per 45 ated in reverse direction, which is especially; 'teanewcycleo further, in making such one of sand driving means useful h it desired to reversible and in maintaining such reacted rela a g Definite limits the automalgc tion until reversal of said reversible driving tellplnatlon Of One cycle 0f0pemti0ns a t e means; and, further, in providing manual operbegllming 0f the next cycle of p t o s are 5 ating means effective in the train of such prethereby assuredoperation of such preponderant driving means;

ponderant driving means to manually operate or The invention W furthfir. readily de move said driven member for adjusting the sam stood from the following description and claims, or operated parts connected therewith. and from the drawings, in which latter:

I have illustrated my invention in association Fig. 1 is a front elevation of an exemplifying Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the same, taken on. the line 4--4 of Fig. 3, and partly broken away.

Fig 5 is a cross-section of the same, taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3, partly broken away; and, f

Fig. 6 is a developed plan view of-the driving cams in the relatively high speed transmission.

I have exemplified two sources of power, one being anelectric motor II for low speed transmission, which may be a reversible motor, and the other being an electric motor I! for high speed transmission, which is instanced as'a reversible motor. These electric motors may be suitably placed with relation to,the operated parts.

.In the present exempliilcation the electric motor Ii for low speed transmission is mounted in the frame is, the rotor thereof having a pulley i4 fixed thereon, a belt l5 being received loopwise about this pulley and a pulley l5 fixed to a crossshaft journaled in the frame, and connected by suitable gearing; including change gears l1, 15,

with a further cross-shaft II iourrraled in the frame.

The cross-shaft II has a worm 2| fixed thereon. which meshes with a worm wheel 22 fixed to the work supporting spindle 23 for rotatin the same and the work, in the present exempliflcation.

Suitable gearings, shown generally at 24, 25, and including pick-off change gears 25, II, are located between the spindle and a driving shaft 3|, Journaled in the frame.

The shafts and gearing thus fardescribed may be of any suitable arrangement, and are herein shown as an-example as they are disclosed in my aforesaid copending application.

The shaft 3| hasa worm 82 fixed thereon.-

which meshes with a worm wheel, rotating loosely on a\shaft I4, journaled in bearings 55, as in the frame.

A longitudinally movable transmitting member, shown as a sleeve 55, is on this shaft and has a transmitting element thereon, shown as a spiral gear 40, which transmits motion to a suitable actuated element, as a tool support in a lathe, for imparting feeding movements and quick traverse movements in reverse directions to the same relative to the rotating work sup ported by the spindle 23, if my improved device be employed in a lathe, as more particularly shown and described in my aforesaid copending application. I

The parts operated by the sleeve 85 form no part of the present invention, the same having been shown, descrlbedand claimed in my aforeable lengthwise of the shaft 54. This clutch is shown as comprisingninterna'l teeth.6n the gear 33 and outer peripheral teeth-on the'slidablesleeve. lengthwise sliding of sleeve in one direction disengages the clutch, and lengthwise sliding of the sleeve in the opposite direction engages the clutch. A spring 50 in a socket 5| of the lengthwise movable sleeve, between a flange 52 on the shaft 34 and the bottom of said socket, tends normally to engage said clutch.

Automatic releasing means are provided for the clutch under the influence of the electric motor for high speed transmission. The automatic releasing means are actuated by a preponderance of motion imparted by the electric 'motor I! for high speed transmission over the motion imparted by the electric motor II for slow speed transmission. These releasing means are shown as comprising coasting cam teeth 54, 55, respectively on proximate ends-of the lengthwise movable sleeve 39 and the hubfof the gear 45, having coacting inclined engaging or cam faces 56, 51 and 58, 58 between them. .The cam faces 58, 59 are shown as having less pitch than the cam faces 55, 51.

-.When-motion is transmitted solely from the motor ll through theclutch and longitudinally movable sleeve, the motor i2 for high speed transmission is inactive, its rotor being rotated idly by means of .the cam teeth and the gears 44, 45, there being no lengthwise movement of the sleeve 39 to disengage the clutch.

When, however, motion is transmitted from the motor If for high speed transmission, positive rotation is imparted totthe gear 45 and the shaft 34, in either direction, which causes rotation of the cam teeth with the gear 45 either at greater speed than the speed of, rotation which would be transmitted to the sleeve 38 by the low speed train, or reverse to said last-named rotation, resulting in angular movement between the respective cam teeth, and between the shaft 14 and the sleeve 39, with the result that axial or lengthwise movement is imparted to the sleeve I! by the climbing between the cams, thereby disengaging the clutch as against the pressure of the spring 55, and rotating the sleeve 39 at the by the motor I! in either direction and unqualified by the low speed train of gearing operaterlpy the motor ll.

There is a slight ofl'set 5| in the engaging face 55. of each of the cam teeth 54. These engaging faces act when the motor for high speed to is rotating in one direction, in-

greater speed than the gear", for instance, in a I forward quick traverse movement between the tool and the work. During such ro one ofthe gears the engaging faces Til act disengasinsthe clutch 44, and the-ends of the teeth onthev gear 45 rest in the offsets 5|.

as-cams for 'Ihes'e offsets have inclined bottoms e: which coact with the rounded corners 53 of the teeth 55, to form rcleasableshoulders which coact to aid in holding the clutch 45 in disengaged relation only so long as there is .preponderant driving force applied by the teeth 55. As soon, however, as such preponderant driving force is removed, as by cessation of rotation of the gear 45, or otherwise, slippage takes Pl between said shoulders, and the driving teeth 54, 55 are fully reengaged by the action of the spring 55.

The longitudinalmovement of the sleeve 35 in disengaging direction is limited by engagement of its clutch end with the..flange n, in which 75.

relation the shoulders 62, 63'are in line with each other in axial directionfor aiding in holding the clutch in unclutched relation, only so long as a positive preponderant driving in one direction is imparted by the high speed transmission to the gear 45.' These shoulders also hold the teeth of the clutch on the sleeve outof engagement with the clutch teeth onthe gear 33 to prevent chattering between said teeth during such preponderant driving in one direction.

As soon, however, as the motor for high speed transmission is deenergized and the gear 45 ceases to be rotated thereby, the end walls of these offsets 6| which are camlike structures, are released from the teeth in engagement therewith for reverse lengthwise movement of the sleeve 39 and immediate reengagement of the clutch 49 by the action of the spring 50, as for feeding movement between the tool and the 'work in the cycle of operations, it being assumed that the motor Ii is operating in corresponding direction.

. the clutch 49.

When the electric motor. I! for high speed power transmission is rotated in reverse direction for reverse high speed power transmission, an opposite rotative relation between the coacting cam teeth takes place for again moving the sleeve 39 endwise'andflisengaging the clutch 49, reverse rotation between the gear 45 and the gear 33 taking place consequent reverse high speed power transmission, which may be instanced as reverse quick traverse movement between the tool and the workin the cycle of movewhich the. ends'of the teeth 55 coact when angular movement between the gear 45 and the sleeve 39 takes place in such opposite direction by preponderance of motion of the motor l2.

The land is sufiiciently wide to prevent retraction of the sleeve by the spring 50, and forms a latch for the sleeve. During such relation of the parts the clutch end of the sleeve 39 is preferably in engagement with the flange 52.

The respective teeth 54, 55 areprovided with I driving faces 61, 68 which are in engagement with each other to form driving contact between the gear 45 and the sleeve 39 when such coaction between the lands 65 and the ends of the teeth 55 has taken place by such angular movement between the gear 45 andthe sleeve 39, caused by such preponderance of motion of the motor l2 rotated in said reverse direction. The lands are shown as extending at right angles to their axis .of rotation and the driving faces 61, 68 as parallel to said axis. The lands are shown on one of the series of teeth and the driving faces are shown on both the series of teeth.

Thelatch remainseffective to maintain the sleeve 39 in axially moved relation upon cessation of operation of the motor 12, which represents the termination of the cycle of operations in the present exemplification. This relation of parts remains .efiective until the motor I! for high speed transmission is again operated in fora ward direction, for example, for initiation of th next following cycle of operations. The worm 3 2 and the worm wheel 33 meshcycle of operations.

ing therewith form resistance or anchor members against rotation from-the sleeve 39, so that differential rotation imparted to said sleeve by the gear 45 and the cam mechanism between it and the sleeve 39 results in endwise movement of the sleeve 39 for disengaging the clutch 49 and placing the sleeve 39 under the rotative influence of the gear 45.

When the electric motor forhigh speed power transmission is deenergized while rotating in such reverse direction, the land is eiiective to prevent the ,coacting clutch elements from reengaging, thereby stopping all relative movements between the operative parts, instanced as the tool and the work, and determining the end of the electric motors are deenergized, causes lengthwise movement of the sleeve'3ll for disengaging the clutch '49, and imparts rotary motion to the sleeve 39 in either direction, and causes desired manual adjustment of the parts with which the sleeve 39 has operative connection, such parts being definitely operatively connected with said sleeve for power operation after such manual adjustments have been made.

In my improved device the rotors of the electric motors are maintained in mechanical connection with operating parts of my improved device, andthe initiations and cessations of transmission by either or both motors may be electrically controlled, manually or automatically, from positions remote from the operating parts of the mechanism, without cumbersome mechanical transmission agencies, and the parts may be placed in definite relation for termination of the operations at the end of the cycle, and, further, the driving parts for high speed power transmission are so related at the endof the cycle that retractivemovement between the parts is prevented for holding the slow speed train in interrupted relation until the next cycle is initiated by reversal of. movement inthe high speed train.

, The respective electric motors may be ener- 1 gized anddeenergized respectively for forward beginnings or ends of the steps of the cycles for automatically controlling thefmoments of beginnings and ends of said steps and their durations,. such parts being shown, describedv and claimed in my aforesaid copending application. During the time that the motor I! for high speed power transmission is deenergized, the cam teeth 54, 55 are still in high speed'power trans- .mitting position but effect merely idle rotation 'done for placing the driven member under high a speed transmission influence is to energize the electric motor I2 for high speed transmission, whereupon the mechanism is placed under such influence of such motor, this motor overrunning in'either direction of-rotation of the gear l5 relative to the gear 33 and automatically effecting the changes in the transmissions hereinbefore described. I

While I have described my improved .device in connection with metal working machinery, it is apparent that it may be applied in other relations where it is desired to transmit power by means such as herein exemplified. While the initial driving means are exemplified as electric motors, the drives of my improved device may be mechanical, and other changes may be made in the exemplification herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of my invention as contained in the accompanying claims.

I do not herein claim the parts nor the relations of parts herein shown or described as acted .on by the mechanism herein claimed, having showmdescribed and claimed the same in my aforesaid copending application.

I claim: -1. In a power transmission mechanism emplo ing a driven member, and a plurality of drive members having drive connections with said in one of said drive connections reacted uponby another of said drive connections, with said other of said .drive connections rotatable in either d1.- rection, and also including automatic disconnecting means interrupting said one of said drive connections upon such reaction, the combination of a means automatically holding said disconrnecting means in disconnecting relation at thetermination of rotation in one direction of said other of said drive connections until reversal oi direction of rotation of said other of said drive connections.

2. In power on mechanism embracing a shaft, a' sleeve about said shaft, v a relatively slow speed driving member and a reversible relatively hlghspeedjriving member at the respective ends of saidsleeve, and a normally concam means between said reversible relatively .high speed driving member and said sleeve for angular and'axial movement-therebetween for releasing said releasable driving connection, and.

a latch for said drivingmeans so constructed as to be moved into-latching relation by operation ls speed s a of said reversible relatively high speed driving member in one direction andmaintained in such latching relation upon cessation oi such rotation in such one direction and automatically releasable by operation of said reversible relatively high speed driving member in reverse direction.

3. In apower tron mechanism, the

-'combination of a driven member, a relatively -slow' speed power train including a releasable driving connection with said driven member, a relatively high speed power train including a reversible electric motor and a driving connection 'with said driven member provided with. oppositely presented means having operative connections with said releasable driving connection to release the same by reverse operations of said reversible electric motor and upon cessation oi operation thereof in one direction to maintain such release relation, and manual means for op-- erating said relatively high speedv power train.

4. In power transmitting mechanism, the combination of a shaft, a sleeve thereabout, a relatively low speed gear rotatively loose with relation to said shaft about the axis of rotation of said shaft at one end of. said sleeve, a normally engageable releasable clutch between said gear and said sleeve, a reversible relatively high speed gear fixed to said shaft at the other end of said sleeve so that said last-named gear and said shaft rotate together, a shifting connection between said last-named gear and said sleeve to driven member including an anchor member shift said sleeve endwise for e'ngagedrelation and release relation of said clutch, and a transmitting gear on said .sleeve, said shifting connection including holding means to hold said clutch in disengaged relation upon cessation of rotation of said relatively high speed gear in one direction of rotation until. reversal of direction of rotation of said relatively high speed gear.

5. In power transmitting mechanism, the .combination of a shaft, a power transmitting sleeve thereabout, a relatively low speed gear rotatively loose with relation to said shaft about the axis of rotation of said shaft at one end of said sleeve, a normally engageable releasable clutch between said gear and said sleeve, a reversible relatively high speed gear fixed to said shaft at the other end of saidsleeve, and a'shifting connection between said la'st-named gear and said sleeve constrncted so that said shaftand said sleeve rotate together and said sleeve is shifted endwise for engaged relation and release relation of said clutch, said shifting connection including a holding means to hold said clutch in disengaged relation uponcessation of rotation of said relatively high speed gearin one direction of rotation until reversal ofdirection of rotation of said relatively IRANKA. rru'rzscn. 

